Monday, 8 April 2013

Father of Indian Cinema

100 years of Indian Cinema -  Dadasaheb Phalke, Father of Indian Cinema

It was 100 years ago that the first-ever Indian movie was made by a visionary who broke all barriers to launch the world's largest film industry. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter. He directed and produced Raja Harishchandra, a silent film in 1913, which is the first full-length Indian feature film and marathi feature film. He made a total of 95 movies and 26 short films in his career spanning 19 years, till 1937.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for lifetime contribution to cinema, was instituted in his honor by the Government of India and is the most prestigious and coveted award in Indian cinema.

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